countdown to shutdown. new republican house speaker, mike, johnson lays out his plan to prevent a catastrophic closure of our government in five days. members of his own party arch buying it. we re live on capitol hill this morning with overnight reaction. plus, in the dark. the world health organization says that it s lost contact with the largest hospital in gaza, as israeli forces are still showing sites all around it. live report from israel, coming up. later, the dawn. trump s former fixer, michael cohen, says there is a reason why the most indicted ex president in history operates like a law boss. it s becoming evident, more, more each day. it s a quarter of a billion civil fraud trial in new york. michael cohen joins us live to explain. and, american dream. the son of african immigrants become rhode island s first black congressman. we ll talk to former biden aide about his big win, and plans after taking office. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning
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RUNNER OF THE YEAR Sarah Peer, Westlake The question is, how do you define a season? Peer ran in only five races this fall, partly according to plan and partly due to injury. She didn’t run in the district meet or the state meet because of injury, she placed second to eventual state champion Evelyn […]
constitutional restrictions on the procedure. that even includes a deep red states like kentucky and kansas. now, supporters in ohio are hoping to join that list. joining me now, the co-chair of ohio s united for reproductive rights, lauren blauvelt s, and, executive member of executive ohioans for reproductive rights, dr. loren bead. we have to lawrence, so for clarity, lauren you ll be, lauren and lauren, dr. loren, you ll be doctor beam. i want to ensure that we get that doctor and for you. laura bledel, let s start with you. a poll conducted earlier this month of ohio voters found nearly 50% of them support the abortion rights proposal that your vote help get on the ballot in november. 10%, as we can see on our screen, remain undecided. so lauren, and the events of issue one passes in august, and that threshold to amend the constitution is race to 60%,
amendment, such as what that person was sane. lauren, i have less than a minute left and i do have to ask. you opponents to what you have trying to do or saying, quote, any major changes to a state constitution should head higher benchmarks than just a simple majority. this clearly ignores the fact that it s been a simple majority for years, and years, and years. quickly, what s your response to that argument that they re making? ohioans have had the right for over 100 years. one person, one vote. majority rule. what our opposition is trying to do is get 40% of ohioans the right to make every decision on every issue moving forward. we have to vote no on august 8th to protect democracy, to protect one person, one vote. therefore, we can protect reproductive freedom in november. for those of you who are listening in ohio, for those of you who look now people in ohio, that s pretty much all of us, vote no on august 8th. vote yes in november for that constitutional amendment. lauren